Happy Try Again Day

New Year’s Day hoopla bores me. All the hopes, all the resolutions, feel too much like a mate who acts like an @#$@# all year long and thinks

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The great pet insurance debate

I admit it. I’m frugal. I do enjoy shopping when I have the cash and the need, but I am not a fan of unnecessary monthly bills. So,

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A holiday song and photos for xmas eve 2007

It’s not perfect, but here’s an agility inspired holiday song to the tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. That Mean Judge is Coming to Town You better

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What’s enough?

A fellow dog gal in Wyoming recently wrote to an online group about friends not really getting the positive training work she’s doing with her dogs. They also

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Ginko’s igloo and other tales

While sorting through some archived photos, I came across this one of Ginko from March 2003. We’d had an incredible blizzard that dumped like 5-6 feet of snow

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Ninja under foot

Lilly is both the noisiest dog I’ve ever had and the most silent. Lately, it seems, every time I turn around … there she is under foot. I

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Counting our blessings

Last weekend, we had a prolonged storm, where snow kept coming for several days in a row. Since the roads were somewhat clear Sunday afternoon, Lilly and I

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Disciplining other dogs

Last week, a fellow dog gal caused a bit of a stir when she complained online about a strange woman at the dog park verbally and physically correcting

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I spy …

Thanksgiving weekend Lilly came unglued while playing outside. We had our usual game of fetch going in the middle pasture. As she ran toward the fence to get

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What do you say when … ?

I like to think I’m pretty self-aware. I know why I am the way I am. And, I think I know my motivation. Yet … if I had

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